Holt Name Meaning: Of German origin meaning 'a wood' or 'copse'. Taken from the Anglo-Saxon word 'Wold'.
A name given to someone who lived near or in a copse or wood. May also have been taken as a surname from a place/settlement named 'Holt'.
Discover how your Holt ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 181 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 9 |
Channel Islands | 9 |
Cheshire | 651 |
Cornwall | 10 |
Cumberland | 15 |
Derbyshire | 112 |
Devon | 46 |
Dorset | 127 |
Durham | 109 |
Essex | 57 |
Gloucestershire | 22 |
Hampshire | 124 |
Herefordshire | 30 |
Hertfordshire | 68 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 6 |
Isle of Man | 3 |
Kent | 108 |
Lancashire | 7,511 |
Leicestershire | 196 |
Lincolnshire | 137 |
London | 593 |
Middlesex | 60 |
Northumberland | 28 |
Norfolk | 83 |
Northamptonshire | 115 |
Nottinghamshire | 129 |
Oxfordshire | 39 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 6 |
Shropshire | 68 |
Suffolk | 58 |
Somerset | 52 |
Surrey | 135 |
Sussex | 43 |
Staffordshire | 350 |
Warwickshire | 213 |
Westmorland | 8 |
Wiltshire | 25 |
Worcestershire | 192 |
Yorkshire | 1,502 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 4 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 6 |
Carmarthenshire | 1 |
Denbighshire | 29 |
Flintshire | 4 |
Glamorgan | 11 |
Merionethshire | 6 |
Montgomeryshire | 12 |
Monmouthshire | 0 |
Pembrokeshire | 2 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 1,963 |
Cotton Weaver | 460 |
Agricultural Labourer | 170 |
Coal Miner | 170 |
House Keeper | 137 |
Labourer | 118 |
Cotton Winder | 99 |
House Servant | 97 |
Dress Maker | 95 |
Cotton Spinner | 85 |
Woollen Weaver | 85 |
Carter | 64 |
Servant | 58 |
Silk Weaver | 54 |
Laundress | 51 |
General Servant | 50 |
Cotton Factory Worker | 45 |
Joiner | 45 |
Cotton Power Loom Weaver | 44 |
Blacksmith | 40 |
Fustian Cutter | 40 |
Mechanic | 39 |
Cotton Piecer | 35 |
Domestic Servant | 35 |
Tailor | 33 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Holt | 9,896 |
John Holt | 8,586 |
William Holt | 7,195 |
James Holt | 6,181 |
Sarah Holt | 5,654 |
Elizabeth Holt | 5,223 |
Thomas Holt | 4,812 |
George Holt | 3,325 |
Alice Holt | 3,112 |
Ann Holt | 2,983 |
Jane Holt | 2,540 |
Robert Holt | 2,374 |
Joseph Holt | 2,339 |
Charles Holt | 2,260 |
Henry Holt | 1,869 |
Hannah Holt | 1,862 |
Ellen Holt | 1,853 |
Annie Holt | 1,809 |
Richard Holt | 1,698 |
Emma Holt | 1,649 |
Margaret Holt | 1,649 |
Martha Holt | 1,514 |
Edward Holt | 1,504 |
Samuel Holt | 1,494 |
Eliza Holt | 1,395 |